Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  sys: Fix missing rcu protection for __task_cred() access
  signals: Fix more rcu assumptions
  signal: Fix racy access to __task_cred in kill_pid_info_as_uid()

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 20ccfb5da6af..26a6b73a6b85 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setpriority, int, which, int, who, int, niceval)
         if (niceval > 19)
                 niceval = 19;
 
+        rcu_read_lock();
         read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
         switch (which) {
                 case PRIO_PROCESS:
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(setpriority, int, which, int, who, int, niceval)
         }
 out_unlock:
         read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+        rcu_read_unlock();
 out:
         return error;
 }